Apr 17, 2012

Light, fresh and crisp slaw made with shredded cabbage, carrots, lime juice, rice vinegar and a slightly under-ripe mango topped with sesame seeds. A perfect side to fish, pork and even burgers.

Feels like summer here in New York, I bet a lot of you are firing up your grill, and what's more popular than cole slaw with those burgers and grilled meats! When I make a slaw, I never make the creamy mayonnaise slaw like they sell in the deli with all the sugar in it, I actually despise the stuff! I prefer to keep it light and fresh.

Slightly under-ripe mango's are used in this recipe. In South America, a typical street food snack is under-ripe mango with lime juice and salt. The mango isn't quite sweet yet and the texture is firm which is perfect for cutting the mango into strips for this recipe. You can use red cabbage or white or a combo of both. Sometimes I buy it pre-shredded to save time, it's even great with broccoli slaw! This lasts a few days refrigerated.

I loveeee this! Mango goes so good in savory dishes. I love light cabbage slaws too, I do a spicy mexican style slaw with just a touch of light sour cream and lime juice..I really can't wait to make this though..with some grilled or baked asian style fish on the side. You're recipes make me soooo excited to cook..I got so into cooking since finding your blog 2 years ago, I'm even thinking about going to culinary school! Thanks for everything Gina. I'm a hugeeee fan =)

Katrina and Gina... I enjoy your blogs very much. We are into Paleo, Gina, so this slaw is going to be heavenly. We use rice vinegar a lot. Mango goes with everything, me thinks.Would it be alright to put your bogs on mine? www.gardenofenid.com. It is still a work in progress so ... bear with me.

Oh Gina, this looks SOOOO amazing!!!! I'll be making this VERY soon!!! BTW, I made your hot spinach dip for a potluck on Saturday (and linked the recipe and your site on my blog) It was SENSATIONAL!!! I know I'll be making that many times over. All the best, and as always, THANK YOU so much for your wonderful site!!!

I am a size 16...and love food. It shows! Like every busy Mom, I want to eat better and lose weight. Your website is amazing, it's so helpful. Serious! Just amazing. Thank you so much for making all these recipes available. Just genius...btw we have the same camera, isn't it a great camera?

Just made this! cant wait to try once the dressing has set for a little. I did cheat a little and try it before and it was already good! I think using apple cider vinegar would be wonderful. Im not a fan of rice vinegar even though I do use it a lot in Asian dishes, its a flavor that really stands out. I think next time I would use 1 less tablespoon. so excited to have this for dinner tonight! Thanks for all your wonderful dishes.

I see that I am not the first person to comment, but let me say that I love SKINNYTASTE.COM. It is definitely my favorite recipe blog/website. And it's so strange that you added this when you did. Just yesterday I was making my sister's Broccoli Slaw recipe because like in New York, Pittsburgh is experiencing quite the heat wave. I walked over to my computer and started noting the ingredients (in my fitness pal - another great website). To my dawning horror, I now realize why I gained 10 pounds last summer - Broccoli Slaw Salad (with those ramen noodles) happens to be a favorite of mine, but it is LOADED with fat... EEEKKK!! But wait! NOW, I have an ALTERNATIVE!! YEAH!! HURRAY!!

The recipe looks great but I'm allergic to mango (I get rashes that make me look like a burn victim - no so good), so I'm wondering if I could substitute with papaya? It's been a while since I've eaten mango so I'm not sure about the texture or the sweetness, will the papaya be too much or not enough?

I wanted to make this so bad but didn't have any coleslaw and didn't feel like going to the store. I had a small head of iceberg lettuce and used it instead. It was WONDERFUL!!! Even my husband loved it and I was a little concerned as he's a big meat eater. I BBQed him some chicken and was thinking chopped chicken mixed in would be great too for next time. But I'm definitely using cabbage next time!

Thanks again for another great recipe! With a few modifications (because of ingredients I already had at home) I made this for my family for dinner last night. I did not have mango at all. For the carrots I substituted cucumber, the sesame oil was subbed with canola oil and I only had white sesame seeds. The dressing turned out great. My cabbage slaw mixture was very tasty, but it had a very monotone color - everything was green-ish/white... cabbage, cucumbers, green onions & cilantro. HA! It was delicious, though! THANKS.

It's incredible how such healthy and simple ingredients can be transformed into so beautiful a salad. The textures and colors are fantastic... I am featuring this post in today's Friday Food Fetish roundup (with a link-back and attribution), but please let me know if you have any objections. As always, it's a pleasure to be following your creations…

Had a huge cookout this weekend for 28 adults and kids. Made this with pulled pork, ribs, and chicken and it was wonderful! My hubby doesn't like mayo-based slow and I'm no carbing so this was perfect for both of us. I doubled all of the veggies and let it sit overnight. Made one more batch of the dressing the next morning and tossed it again. Delish!

I was wondering how far ahead you would say you could make this? Or would it be best to make everything but not put the dressing on until ready to serve or would it be even better if it sat for hours instead of just 15-20 minutes? Thanks for the advice!

A-MAY-ZING. Am now addicted to this recipe and have taken a few friends along on my journey. If I have to be addicted to something let it be good foodlike this. I made this with grilled chicken and the brown coconut rice for dinner and it has become a repeat meal.Thank you!!

I love your recipes! I have a question about the WW Points+ for this recipe - when I plug in the ingredients into the recipe builder, the only one that registers any points plus is the sesame oil (3 P+ for the entire recipe), but you listed each serving as 2 P+. Am I doing something wrong? I want to make sure that I am using the recipe builder properly, so I don't undervalue my recipes. Thank you so much!

I made this today exactly as recipe states. Add cooked chicken breast and slivered almonds and you would have a complete meal. A little to much vinegar taste to me so I will tweek it next time. And I seemed to have a lot of the dressing in the bottom of the bowl. I did like it and will make again. New to site but I am seeing lots of recipes to try. Love that the WW points are listed.

Think there is anyway to adapt this slightly to make it a little less asian...a little more mexican? Doing a party this weekend with mexican food and thought a mango slaw would be great with it! What could I use instead of the soy or sesame oil? Vegetable oil? Red wine vinegar maybe?

Made it today and it was delicious!! I added about 1/2 tbs extra of tamari as it was a bit too vinegary (I didn't have rice vinegar, all I had was red wine vinegar). I also added some cayenne pepper and chopped cilantro, yum yum! Thanks for this delicious recipe!! - Roberta W.

just made this tonight and it was a big success! i did 2 things different..doubled the amount and 1 whole lime was too much..so i added one packet of splenda to cut some of the acid! the kids, hubby and i loved it! oh, also added some fresh cilantro to the dressing! thanks gina!

Made this today, very yummy! I left out the scallions (DH can't eat them) and added a bit of chopped cilantro (I had some extra.) I also added a tiny bit of agave nectar; I think my mango could have been sweeter. But we liked it a lot, will definitely make again!

This was so good! I have made twice. Once with coleslaw mix and once with shredded red cabbage. Both times it worked great. I did cut the sesame oil in half and used veg oil for the other half. I am just not a huge fan of sesame seed oil.

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Still looking for help with this recipe. looks so yummy but no one ate it because of the strong vinegar taste. I had missed the soy sauce, but when I added it later and tasted the next day the slaw was brownish and still not good. What did I do wrong:)

I love this! I never know what to do with cabbage that's fun and delicious. The bright colors make it pop and add some excitement to my salad diet. My husband likes it and he runs at the word "coleslaw" and has detested mangos. Score! It's also wonderful topped with browned and toasted peanuts on the stove or oven to make a filling and quick lunch.